Costly raw materials, import reliance, crippling local garment sector
Buertey Francis BORYOR
The failure of successive governments to protect and invest in the country’s textiles and garment value chain has left local apparel manufacturers struggling to survive against a flood of cheap, subsidised foreign imports.
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